State police end pursuit as driver hits 120 mph

BOURNE – A driver on Route 25, near Exit 2, whose speed was an estimated 120 mph was stopped Friday but then fled as a state police trooper approached the suspect’s vehicle, police said.

The driver sped out of the breakdown lane heading north on the highway, according to police.

“The trooper initiated a pursuit, with the suspect going at a speed estimated to be greater than 120 mph,” state police spokesman David Procopio wrote in an email. “After a couple of minutes, we terminated the pursuit.”

A trooper told the Times that the vehicle was weaving in and out of traffic at a high rate of speed after taking off from the initial stop.

The incident occurred at around noon, police said. A short time later, the vehicle was seen near Exit 3, Procopio wrote, he did not say whether the suspect was with the vehicle.